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What are your thoughts on Richard Dawkins?
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Arrogant prick
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh 
He's a great guy
 
I think he knows his stuff, I think theists don't like that he knows his stuff. I find myself nodding when listening to him. He also admits when he's made mistakes and doesn't try to hide from them.
I like it when he ridicules religion. I don't think he's arrogant, I think he's a champion of reason, and the planet needs more people like him calling out nonsense.  (November 30, 2017 at 6:06 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Arrogant prick "You will know that you have lived well by the spittle on the lips of your enemies...." ![[Image: extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/zf86M5L7/extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg) (November 30, 2017 at 6:20 pm)Cod Wrote: I think he knows his stuff, I think theists don't like that he knows his stuff. I find myself nodding when listening to him. He also admits when he's made mistakes and doesn't try to hide from them. Humans don't like their social norms challenged, and far too often they confuse their own cognitive dissonance with being the "arrogance" of the other. I like CL, but I'd argue that "arrogance" would be clinging to the past out of comfort and tradition, even after others have debunked it. I don't aim that at her personally, but at humans in general, whom cant see the history of old claims constantly being ditched resulting in progress. Was it "arrogant" for Galileo to tell the church that the sun did not revolve around the earth? Popular belief back then thought that about him, and he was put under house arrest for such blasphemy. Dawkins like me, I am sure, if we ran across CL in an auto accident and she needed aid, would not go, "Fuck it, let her die, she believes". I am quite sure any empathetic person would lend aid. AND I am sure CL would do the same for us. It is not "arrogant" to say to others, "We've studied this, what you claim is not true." It is arrogant to me to say, " I know the answers, and won't subject them to independent peer review." I think CL has a good heart. But no, she is wrong about Dawkins. I think it bothers humans when their social norms are challenged. I think it bothers Mystic too. I think it bothers Jews and Hindus too, to be told this is it.  (November 30, 2017 at 6:50 pm)Cod Wrote:(November 30, 2017 at 6:35 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I think CL has a good heart. Don't be jelly. I do love Cod. But I shall always love God more. Nothing personal, my love. <3
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh |
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